Use of biofilters and suspended-growth reactors to treat VOCs

Waste Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-68

  Neal, Aaron B ^a   Loehr, Raymond C ^b  

^a MALCOLM PIRNIE INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Removal efficiencies; Suspended growth reactor; Toluene; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTRATION; SUSPENDED-GROWTH REACTOR (SGR);

AIR FILTERS; AIR POLLUTION; DRYING; IMPURITIES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MICROORGANISMS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; FILTRATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOREACTOR; FILTRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNIQUE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033991788     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(99)00297-4     Document Type: Article

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